Passage 13

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In plain words

What is this caste? There is only one caste, the caste of humanity; there is only one language, the language of the heart; there is only one religion, the religion of Love. These three alone we must take as one. Just now I spoke, I spoke of the five elements. Aṅgavatī, Sarasvatī: within this Aṅgavatī I spoke of the five elements. These five elements, belonging to no one religion, do not go against any one religion. What caste do these five elements belong to? No caste. What caste has the sky? What caste has the firmament? What caste has the Gaṅgā? There is no caste whatever. So what caste has the earth? What caste has water? There is no caste whatever. When even the five elements have no caste distinctions in this way, why should we fight over caste and creed? All have one religion only, the religion of man. Within this religion of man, we must offer ideal kindness in a fitting way. Today we are holding on all too much to what is called community. Today those who have the full Ātma principle need unity, need purity, need divinity. But today they have forgotten purity, unity, divinity. Holding these two, Community and enimity, in their hands, they go through life. When this enimity and community are in us, we meet only defeat in every way. God has no caste or creed. No differences at all. To everyone He is God alone. To the people of any country He is God; in any age He is God. In ancient times they did not create such differences at all. They lived with full hearts, took refuge in the culture of Bhārata, and went on experiencing joy. Culture is that which refines. So, giving no room to any difference, giving no room to any thought of caste and creed, with no difference of woman and man, we must come to the oneness that all are one in divinity. One God. We must share this divinity equally.